Letter dated 9 November 2009 from the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo addressed to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004.
The members of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo have the honour to transmit herewith the final report of the Group prepared in accordance with paragraph 8 of Security Council resolution
1857 (2008).
(Signed) Dinesh Mahtani
(Signed) RaymondDebelle
(Signed) Mouctar Kokouma Diallo
(Signed) Christian B.Dietrich
(Signed) Claudio Gramizzi
Final report of the Group of
Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo
re-established pursuant to resolution 1857
(2008)
[Original: English]
Facilitators and observers at this meeting also included Pere Sampol, a Spanish senator, and Mr Casoliva reportedly worked on and off for Fundaciò S’Olivar in this same period of time.
The Group has obtained two audio recordings of a Spanish based priest of Rwandan origin, Jean-Berxchmans Ntihabose, whose Spanish phone number also appeared several times since 2008 on the logs of a satellite phone controlled by General Mudacumura (Annex 30).
During the course of the audio recordings, Mr Ntihabose admits that he has been in touch with a colonel in the FDLR via telephone and that he acknowledges knowing Mr Casoliva.
He goes on to say that Mr Casoliva and a Belgian priest, Constant Goetschalckx, who was until recently based in Kigoma, Tanzania, provided money to FDLR operatives who crossed Lake Tanganyika to Kigoma from the DRC.
The Group obtained email correspondence from Mr Ntihabose confirming he attended the same seminary as his close friend Jean-Berchmans Turikubwigenge, a Rwandan refugee and Italian citizen, who has also been in phone contact with FDLR military leaders according to phone logs, who attended the RUD-URUNANA talks in the DRC in 2008, and who was a military chaplain in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide (Annex 31).
Mr Goetschalckx has been the Kigoma based leader of a religious organisation called the Brothers of Charity (Annex 32), a papal congregation with a widespread representation in the world, consultative status at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations, which supports projects to help people in the refugee camps in Kigoma.
In 2007, the Brothers of Charity received the Opus Prize, a one million USD prize awarded to humanitarian faith-based organizations for social innovation. Mr Goetschalckx lived for many years in Rwanda before coming to Tanzania and is known to have anti-Tutsi political views according to interviews held in Kigoma by the Group.
On 18 July 2009, the Group called Tanzanian numbers appearing on the phone logs of FDLR deputy commander Gen Bigaruka, and asked to speak to Mr Goetschalckx.
The Group subsequently received a text message within a matter of minutes from a phone number that the Group had already confirmed as belonging to Mr Goetschalckx (Annex 33).
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Govt slams UN report, demands apology
THE government has demanded an immediate apology from the United Nations, following publication of a report that implicates Tanzania with illegal arms supply to rebels operating in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo against Congolese and Rwandan governments.
Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation Minister, Bernard Membe, rubbished the UN report released last week, describing it as malicious and a fabricated lie, bent to tarnish the country’s good image.
“It is an act of hostility for which we find it difficult to remain silent. It is not acceptable. We deserve to be treated better. We deserve and demand an apology,” said Mr Membe, during a press conference here today.
Govt slams UN report, demands apology
THE government has demanded an immediate apology from the United Nations, following publication of a report that implicates Tanzania with illegal arms supply to rebels operating in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo against Congolese and Rwandan governments.
Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation Minister, Bernard Membe, rubbished the UN report released last week, describing it as malicious and a fabricated lie, bent to tarnish the country’s good image.
“It is an act of hostility for which we find it difficult to remain silent. It is not acceptable. We deserve to be treated better. We deserve and demand an apology,” said Mr Membe, during a press conference here today.
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hao vibaraka wa wazungu /un wanataka kuigombanisha tz na majirani zake ili tz iingie kwenye wimbi la vita.
ReplyDeleteun inabidi waombe msamaha mara moja kwa kuiharibia sifa nzuri ya tz.
Hakuna cha vibaraka wazungu wala nini. HUO NI UKWELI. nA INAJULIKANA TOKA ZAMANI. Na wewe kama umeenda shule basi utajua kwamba UN doesn't just publish whatever they feel if they dont have proof or sources and truth behind the publication. Eti apology. Apology my foot. TRUTH HURTS.
ReplyDeleteWaziri Membe amesoma ujumbe uliotayarishwa kisomi na watalaamu wa UN.
ReplyDeleteYeye badala ya kusema tunatayarisha majibu ya kitaalamu yenye vielelezo kupinga tuhuma zote. Anaropoka kana kwamba hao UN ni NCCR-Mageuzi au Chadema..!!!!
Shame on you Membe; wewe ndiye unaiaibisha Tanzania.
unajua siamini mambo ya any international organs na sera zao kwa waafrika.ni ngumu hata mtu wa kawaida kuuamin kuhusu jambo hili.niwazi serikali ya tanzania imekuwa katka mstari wa mble kusaidia amani katika nchi zote zinazozunguka.Nathani muda wetu umefikia wa kujiengua kaatika umoja kama huu ambao hausaidii matatizo yetu,mfano halisi kukomesha vita barani africa.ni wazi mataifa makubwa yamekuwa influential katika maamuzi ya UN na sio ktengo ambacho kiko free rather ni controlled with HDC countries.
ReplyDeletewaafrica ni wakati wa kuanza kupigania haki zetu na kuachana na kukumbatia wazungu ambao mwisho wake ni kuua ndugu zetu ambao hawana hatia huku wao wazungu wakizid kuendelea na kunufaika kupitia migongo yetu.
mim kama mwananchi ningeshauri the africa leaders to speed up efforts to build a union that will serve and work with matters inside africa.yaa waafrica waachiwe waafrica.
its obvious UN owe serious apology to tanzania gov and the people.
Michuzi, mbona kwenye ripoti nzima ya page 27 sikuona neno hata moja 'Tanzania'? hii ripoti ni ya mwezi March sio ya sasa, alafu haijawa published! So, we are discussing mambo ambayo hayatuhusu.
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Kuna ile documentary ya mifupa ya samaki. Ilizungumzia uchafu huo pia na ikaishia kupigwa marufuku
ReplyDeletekama kawaida ya serikali yetu... Membe alikurupuka kufyatuka .. UN wenyewe wamesema bado hawajajadili na wakijadili watatoa position yao .. na pia ripoti haijailamu TZ ila wametajwa watu tu ambao walikuwa Tanzania na balozi wa Burundi anaonekana alikuwa na mawasiliano na hao watu ... Siku nyingine Bernad Membe uwe unatulia kwanza .. ni ile ya mwanza jinsi Kikwete alivyorupuka kumjibi mtengeneza sinema...manake yeyey sasa ndio amekuza mambo
ReplyDeleteNADHANI NI KWELI WAMEPITISHA SILAHA KWA KISINGIZIO CHA "UKOMBOZI NCHINI AFRIKA"
ReplyDeleteHiyo hiyo UN ilitumika ktk kusema kwamba Sadam ana WMD na kufanya Sadam wa watu kuvamiwa na kunyongwa na kufanya pia Iraq kuwa na machafuko na watu kupoteza maisha mpaka leo!
ReplyDeleteJe mpaka hapo naweza kusema nitakubaliana na hiyo report? Jibu ni Hapana. UN ni kibaraka wa west.
Inaelekea hao waasi wanasaidiwa na Padre wa kikatoliki anayeishi Kigoma. Sasa kama ni Padre ndiye anaepeleka hiyo misaada na kwenye ripoti hiyo hawakusema ni serikali ya Tanzania kwa nini Waziri Membe awajie juu UN? Kama huyo padre kwa kitendo chake hicho kavunja sheria ya Kitanzania kwa nini asichukuliwe hatua? Mbona jambo hili liko wazi?
ReplyDeleteMambo haya sio ya ajabu ktk dunia hii ya utandawazi.
ReplyDeleteUkiingia www.youtube.com/ ugandans in Iraq, utaona ndugu zetu Waganda wakiwa iraq kama raia binafsi waliokubali kuajiriwa kuwa walinzi wa kambi za kijeshi Iraq. Waziri wa Uganda anakubali raia wake wapo huko kujitafutia riziki na sio jeshi la Uganda lililopelekwa huko.
Hivyo Mh. Waziri Membe aseme kuwa wafanyao biashara hii ya kuuza silaha nje ya Tanzania, ni raia binafsi wa kitanzania na sio mikakati ya serikali ya Tanzania.
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